A new publication springs up in a former news desert outside Chicago
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
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A new publication springs up in a former news desert outside Chicago“This community has largely dealt with news organizations that parachute in and write stories on education without speaking to parents, or they write stories about crime without speaking to residents. “ By Shraddha Chakradhar. |
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A Substack-funded local news publication’s founders talk candidly about how things are going“We don't have bad news to share about how it's going, but it's not great news either. It's just…news.” By Rachel Leingang Hank Stephenson. |
What We’re Reading
The New York Times / Tiffany Hsu and Michael M. Grynbaum
Russia’s new censorship law is forcing news outlets to rethink how they cover the country →
“In an echo of the exodus of journalists from Afghanistan after the Taliban swept through the country last year, media executives and editors are engaged in a high-stakes debate about risk in Russia. Is it prudent, they ask their reporters over secure apps each day, to gather news in an increasingly hostile and isolated country? If not, is it feasible to continue from outside its borders?”
Newmark J-School
The Newmark J-School just launched the first Black Media Product Strategy Cohort →
“Twelve Black-led newsrooms from across the United States have been selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of the Black Media Product Strategy Program. This six-month, tuition-free program will train Black-owned newsrooms to build product strategies for digital transformation, audience growth and sustainability.”
Reuters / David Shepardson
U.S. implements new rules requiring broadcasters to identify foreign-government material →
“The rules require disclosure at the time of a broadcast if a foreign governmental entity paid a radio or television station, directly or indirectly, to air material. Prior rules do not specify when and how foreign government sponsorship should be publicly disclosed.”
Simon Owens's Media Newsletter / Simon Owens
Why host-read ads will never go away →
“It also helps that programmatic advertising is experiencing a market correction, with many marketing executives coming to terms with the idea that the ad tech industry never quite lived up to its promises.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Jon Allsop
The battle for the war narrative in Moldova →
“Moldova's political battle over Russian media and disinformation long predates the past few weeks.”
New York Times / Jenny Nordberg
The case that killed #MeToo in Sweden →
“Other media took note of the council's decisions; slowly, it became clear that in Sweden, the possibility of publishing the name of someone accused of sexual misconduct, even with multiple witnesses and accounts, would be risky. The message from the council was clear: Doing so could be a breach of good journalistic practice. What was the point of speaking to journalists now, several women asked me, when not even the media would call out the worst of these men by name?”
Al Jazeera
Another journalist was shot dead in Mexico, raising the death toll to eight so far this year →
“A journalist has been shot dead in western Mexico, becoming the eighth killed so far this year in an unprecedented spate of killings that has raised fears about the safety of journalists in the country. Armando Linares, director of Monitor Michoacan, was shot dead at a house in the city of Zitacuaro in the state of Michoacan, the state attorney general's office said on Tuesday.”
The Wall Street Journal / Liza Lin and Evan Gershkovich
TikTok’s pullback in Russia leaves more space for Pro-Kremlin propaganda →
“TikTok's service disruption in the country has been more sweeping, with users shut off from almost all non-Russian TikTok accounts, including historical posts, for more than a week, according to Tracking Exposed, a nonprofit organization in Europe that analyzes algorithms on social media. The group said TikTok's removal of the accounts was indiscriminate, including nonpolitical and benign channels.”
BuzzFeed News / Sara Yasin and Brandon Wall
The BuzzFeed News app is going away →
“We strive to meet our audience where they are, and we've found that most of our audience lives on the main BuzzFeed app. That's where our journalism reaches the most people, so that's why we've decided to redirect our resources there.”
Medium / Kaidi Yuan
Regularity is a metric newsrooms should look at to build user habits and brand loyalty →
“I understand this process will take data scientists in newsrooms, which is a scarce resource. So, Google Analytics and Chartbeat, if you are reading this article, you can help news organizations simplify this process in your system.”
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